TY - JOUR
T1 - CAC for Risk Stratification Among Individuals With Hypertriglyceridemia Free of Clinical Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease
AU - Cainzos-Achirica, Miguel
AU - Quispe, Renato
AU - Dudum, Ramzi
AU - Greenland, Philip
AU - Lloyd-Jones, Donald
AU - Rana, Jamal S.
AU - Lima, Joao A.C.
AU - Doria de Vasconcellos, Henrique
AU - Joshi, Parag H.
AU - Khera, Amit
AU - Ayers, Colby
AU - Erbel, Raimund
AU - Stang, Andreas
AU - Jöckel, Karl Heinz
AU - Lehmann, Nils
AU - Schramm, Sara
AU - Schmidt, Börge
AU - Toth, Peter P.
AU - Patel, Kershaw V.
AU - Blaha, Michael J.
AU - Bittencourt, Marcio
AU - Nasir, Khurram
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 American College of Cardiology Foundation
PY - 2022/4
Y1 - 2022/4
N2 - Objectives: In this study, we sought to evaluate whether the coronary artery calcium (CAC) score can enhance current paradigms for risk stratification among individuals with hypertriglyceridemia in primary prevention. The eligibility criteria for icosapent ethyl (IPE) were used as case example. Background: Recent trials of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) risk-reduction therapies for individuals with hypertriglyceridemia without clinical ASCVD restricted enrollment to participants with diabetes or various other risk factors. These criteria were mirrored in the Food and Drug Administration product label for IPE. Methods: We pooled 2,345 participants with triglycerides 150 to <500 mg/dL (or >178-<500 mg/dL if not on a statin) and without clinical ASCVD from MESA, CARDIA, the Dallas Heart Study, and the Heinz Nixdorf Recall study. We evaluated the incidence of ASCVD events overall, by IPE eligibility (as defined in the product label), and further stratified by CAC scores (0, >0-100, >100). The number needed to treat for 5 years (NNT5) to prevent 1 event was estimated among IPE-eligible participants, assuming a 21.8% relative risk reduction with IPE. In exploratory analyses, the NNT5 was also estimated among noneligible participants. Results: There was marked heterogeneity in CAC burden overall (45% CAC 0; 24% CAC >100) and across IPE eligibility strata. Overall, 17% of participants were eligible for IPE and 11.9% had ASCVD events within 5 years. Among participants eligible for IPE, 38% had CAC >100, and their event rates were markedly higher (15.9% vs 7.2%) and the NNT5 2.2-fold lower (29 vs 64) than those of the 25% eligible participants with CAC 0. Among the 83% participants not eligible for IPE, 20% had CAC >100, and their 5-year incidence of ASCVD (13.9%) was higher than the overall incidence among IPE-eligible participants. Conclusions: CAC can improve current risk stratification and therapy allocation paradigms among individuals with hypertriglyceridemia without clinical ASCVD. Future trials of risk-reduction therapies in hypertriglyceridemia could use CAC >100 to enroll a high-risk study sample, with implications for a larger target population.
AB - Objectives: In this study, we sought to evaluate whether the coronary artery calcium (CAC) score can enhance current paradigms for risk stratification among individuals with hypertriglyceridemia in primary prevention. The eligibility criteria for icosapent ethyl (IPE) were used as case example. Background: Recent trials of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) risk-reduction therapies for individuals with hypertriglyceridemia without clinical ASCVD restricted enrollment to participants with diabetes or various other risk factors. These criteria were mirrored in the Food and Drug Administration product label for IPE. Methods: We pooled 2,345 participants with triglycerides 150 to <500 mg/dL (or >178-<500 mg/dL if not on a statin) and without clinical ASCVD from MESA, CARDIA, the Dallas Heart Study, and the Heinz Nixdorf Recall study. We evaluated the incidence of ASCVD events overall, by IPE eligibility (as defined in the product label), and further stratified by CAC scores (0, >0-100, >100). The number needed to treat for 5 years (NNT5) to prevent 1 event was estimated among IPE-eligible participants, assuming a 21.8% relative risk reduction with IPE. In exploratory analyses, the NNT5 was also estimated among noneligible participants. Results: There was marked heterogeneity in CAC burden overall (45% CAC 0; 24% CAC >100) and across IPE eligibility strata. Overall, 17% of participants were eligible for IPE and 11.9% had ASCVD events within 5 years. Among participants eligible for IPE, 38% had CAC >100, and their event rates were markedly higher (15.9% vs 7.2%) and the NNT5 2.2-fold lower (29 vs 64) than those of the 25% eligible participants with CAC 0. Among the 83% participants not eligible for IPE, 20% had CAC >100, and their 5-year incidence of ASCVD (13.9%) was higher than the overall incidence among IPE-eligible participants. Conclusions: CAC can improve current risk stratification and therapy allocation paradigms among individuals with hypertriglyceridemia without clinical ASCVD. Future trials of risk-reduction therapies in hypertriglyceridemia could use CAC >100 to enroll a high-risk study sample, with implications for a larger target population.
KW - cardiovascular disease
KW - coronary artery calcium
KW - hypertriglyceridemia
KW - icosapent ethyl
KW - prevention
KW - primary prevention
KW - risk
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jcmg.2021.10.017
DO - 10.1016/j.jcmg.2021.10.017
M3 - Article
C2 - 34922873
AN - SCOPUS:85122967092
SN - 1936-878X
VL - 15
SP - 641
EP - 651
JO - JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging
JF - JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging
IS - 4
ER -
